I support expanding the board of county commissioners from three to five, each living in a district and elected only by that district's voters. This method gives citizens broader representation and prevents the more populous areas from stifling representation from less populous areas.
Question 201 offers two ways to fill the five seats. Under the first, every commissioner answers to the voters of one district. Under the second, three seats are filled that way and two are filled by every voter in the county. A countywide seat is decided by the whole county's vote, where the places with the most voters carry the most weight, so under the second method those places would have the largest say over two of the five seats. Voters in the parts of Boulder County with fewer residents would still cast ballots for those seats.
Under the first method, every seat is chosen only by the voters of the district it represents. That is the representation a larger board should give the county.
This choice counts only if voters approve the five-member board in Question 200, which I support.
I recommend a vote for five district commissioners on Boulder County Ballot Question 201.
Kim Monson
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